The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-04-13
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

In compliance with an invitation from
the Deer Lodge Gun club, the Butte team
went down to Deer Lodge Sunday. The
following members made the following
scores: Smith 10, Orton Is, Freyschlag
l2, Paxson 12, Young II, Sheads 6, Stuart
IL, Morse l3. The Deer Lodge sce re was
sufficient to beat the above score by four
points. The match was at clay pigeons
IS yards rise, and the best possible score
for an individual contestant was 20.
Reports from Dillon state that James
Walker and Jack Moor two horse thieves
were recently apprehended by Deputy
Park and lodged in Jail at that point.
They had band of forty-three horses at
Pony, and as soon as the animals can
be driven in, it can be ascertained to
whom they belong.
The press of Montana seem to enjoy
circulating the Nelson Story yarn about
his losses in cattle. We last saw it as
special to the River Press" We don't
know whether any one in Montana be-
lieves it or not. But we do know, If con-
tinued, it will soon appear in our eastern
papers greatly exaggerated and there are
plenty who will read and take it all in
as true. Why circulate these reports?-
| Gazette.
The Northern Pacific has issued a
notice to the effect that as the interstate
law does not prohibit the giving of free
passes to railroad employees families,
they will hereafter be issued to them, as
we'll as to Western Union telegraph
operators, Northern Pacific express em-
ployes and railroad news venlers. This
will no doubt be good news to those con-
cerned, as it is no more than natural and
Just that they should receive free trans
portation.
A shooting affair took place at the Far
well ranch on the Crow reservation,
April 5th, In which four men were
wounded, and G. B. Sheldon being shot
through the chest. J. l.. Smith was shot
| in the neck John Flicker was wounded
| in the knee and D. B. Woods was badly
beaten. The alteration grew out of the
holding of some sheep pelts. 1t is learn.
ed that John Flecker and D. B. Woods
got into fight and J. L. Smith assisted
Flecker. Sheldon in trying to seprate
and prevent them from killing Woods,
| shot Smith in the neck, and Smith then
procured Winchester and shot Sheldon
| in the chest. In the battle Flicker was
shot through the knee.
News has Just been received at BENTON
of II horrible and cold blooded murder,
Edward B. Cardwell. an Englishman
who lived at Perrysbnrg, small post
| office, started from his home, on March,
Goth, for neighbor's Tom Bevins, about
ten miles distant and started from the
latter place, returning March 30th. He
was found three miles from Bevin's place
having been murdered and left lying be-
hind his blackboard. He had been stab
bed in the breast in two places. One ol
his horses had been shot dead and the
other had been cut loose from the buck
board and ridden of by the murderer oil
murderers. Cardwell was man of con
siderable means and was universally
liked. He had about $45 with him a
the time, and is supposed to have beer
l-ia~a L -. .rp-;i;-i, Indians whf
stole some horses from Sare & Kenned,
about the time of the murder.
Mr.. G. W. Frields. superin tendent o
the Walrand Ranch Company at Mac
Leod, says the Blood Indians are on thi
side of the line in great numbers ant
that tho authorities in the northwest ar
making strenuous efforts to prevent then
leaving their reservations. 1t is wei
known that numbers of our own Indian
-Peigans-are with them and their oil
iect is undoubtedly to steal horses an
kill those who may oppose them. In
dian Agent Pocklington, agent for tn
Blood Indians, had done everything ii
his power to prevent the Indians fror
crossing the line, and the mounted polio
: have secuted the country clean to tn
, boundary line to turn the Indians bacl
! but without avail.
Fire broke out in the Northern Pacif
express Office at Missoula, April 9th, an
, in a half-hour chat building andMaguire
opera house were burned to the groun'
:. How the Iire originated is impossible
! tell. Itspread with remarkable rapidit
There was no fire in the stove and n
lamps burning, The building in whic
the office was located belonged to IL
National bank and was worth about VI
$50 and carried the following Insurance
g Etna, German American, and st. Pau
. each 5000; Union of San Francisco, $40
; Wolf & Ryman, agents. Agent sloa
I estimates that 1000 worth of EXPIRE
matter was burned and his personal lo
is about $500. The opera house W
Q owned by Warden & Co., and carried
surance for $500 in the Union, of 81
Is , Franciso, Wolf & Ryman agents; $500
the Oregon, S. g.. Murry, agent; whit
fully covers the loss.
Ben Mason. rancher, saloon man al
storekeeper of the little town of Powd'
vile sixty miles south of Miles City car
into Miles on the 4th and surrender
g himself to the officers with stateme
is that on Sunday morning he had shot a
N killed one James Clark near Powdt
vile. Mason's story of the killing
r. that on his return from recent trip
We Miles City he was informed by his W
:" that Clark had attempted to outra
I, their nine-year-old daughter. CLARK tn
escaped to the hills and was there
hiding. On Sunday morning Mas
learned that Clark had returned to
ranch across Powder river from Maso
place, and set out with the intention
apprehending Clark and bringing him
"a Miles. Mason was successful in effect
n, the arrest of Clark and set out with n
RI in charge, intending to deliver him il
the custody of the sheriff. Mason ,
E Of course armed, and notified Clark L
va an attempt at escaping would result
va his being shot down. Notwithstand